One-piece toweling suit



Dec. 28, 1954 GOLDMAN 2,697,837

ONE-PIECE TOWELING SUIT Original Filed March 18, 1940 INVENTOR. ROBERTD. GOLDMAN @w 8 rum/v5? United States Patent ONE-PIECE TOWELING SUITRobert D. Goldman, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Substituted for abandoned application Serial No. 324,581,

March 18, 1940. This application June 25, 1952, Serial No. 295,416

4 Claims. (Cl. 2270) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a towel suit. This is a substitute for my previousapplication filed on March 18, 1940, Serial Number 324,581, abandonedFebruary 2, 1942.

More specifically, the invention proposes the construction of a towelsuit of terry cloth or other suitable toweling material which is adaptedto completely enclose ones body, with the exception of the face, fordrying and protecting the body after a bath, by children or adults or asa lounging towel suit for the beach or at home.

Another object of the invention is to provide an opening extending thelength of the body portion thereof, for the purpose of permitting thesuit to be engaged upon ones body and to provide a means for closingthis opening to hold the suit in position thereon.

Still further the invention proposes the construction of tubular membersfor enclosing the arms, hands, legs and feet, and to provide thesetubular portions with slits in the vicinity of the hand and footportions through which these members may project.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for holding theopenings in their closed positions in such a manner that when the saidmeans is moved to the open position it will act as cuffs.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a person wearing a towel suitconstructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of one of the arm or leg bottoms.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevational view of Fig. l.

The towel suit, according to this invention, comprlses terry cloth orany other suitable material in the form of a suit 10, consisting of abody portion having anopen front side 11, combination arm and handportions 10 for enclosing ones arms and hands, and combination leg andfoot portions 10 for enclosing ones legs and feet, and a hood portion 10for enclosing ones head with the exception of the face. Slide fasteners12 are arranged upon the material at the sides of the opening 11 and aslide member 13 is adapted to control the fasteners 12 for opening andclosing the opening 11 to completely encase ones body within the suit 10after a bath, for drying and protecting the body.

The combination arm and hand portions for enclos ng ones arms and handscomprises a tubular portion hav ng an outer end 10 closed to form amitten. An opening 14 is arranged in the vicinity of the mitten formedby the closed end 10 and a means is provided for holding closed thisopening 14. This means comprises a plurality of elastic straps 15connected to the material at one side of the opening 14 by means of apivot 16. The other end of the elastic straps 15 are provided with snapfastener elements 17 which are adapted to engage complementary snapfastener elements 18 on the material upon the opposite side of theopening 14 for holding these 2,697,837 Patented Dec. 28, 1954 end of thecombination arm and hand portion 10 it is merely necessary to pass thehand through that portion ofthe opening 14 which is between the elasticstraps 15 and urge the mitten portion 10 of the combination hand and armportion to a position in which it will be in back of the combination armand hand portion 10 Whenthis mitten portion is in its back position thestraps 15 will rotate on the pivot 16 so that one will en gage aroundoneside of the arm and the other engage around the other side of the arm inorder to form the bottom edge of the combination arm and hand portioninto a cuff which will resiliently engage around ones wrist to preventthe combination arm and hand portion 10 from moving upwards on the arm.

A means is provided for holding the end portion 10 in its open positionand consists of a snap fastener element 19 fixedly attached to a portionof the mitten 10 and which is adapted to engage a complementary snapfastener element 20 mounted on the sleeve above the snap fastenerelement 19 for holding this end in its open position. The slit 14 onlyextends through one half of the tubular arm portion and the remainingportion which is not provided with the slit is adapted to act as a hingefor permitting the mitten portion lii to move to its open position.

The combination leg and foot portion for enclosing ones legs and feetcomprises a tubular leg portion having its outer end closed forming afoot covering portion 10 This tubular portion is provided. with anopening 21' in the vicinity of the foot covering portion 10 throughwhich ones feet may be extended. A means is provided for holding thisopening 211 in its closed position.

This means comprises a. plurality of straps 22 which are attached to thematerial of the combination leg and foot portion 10 above the opening 21by means of. a pivot 23. The other ends of the elastic straps 22 areprovided with snap fastener elements 24 which are adapted to engagecomplementary snap fastener elements 25 on the material of the footcovering portion 10 for holding the opening 21 in itsclosed position.When it is desired to have ones feet-project front the combination legand foot portions 10 it is merely necessary to pass the foot throughthat portion of the opening 21 which is between the elastic straps 22 sothat the foot covering portion 10 will be pivoted to the back of theleg.

A means is provided for holding this foot covering portion 10 in itsopen position and consists of a snap fastener element 26 attached to aportion of the foot covering portion 10 which is adapted to engage acomplementary snap fastener element 27 attached to a portion of thecombination leg and foot portion 10 for holding the foot coveringportion 10 in its open position.

The body portion 10 is provided with a neck opening 29 and the hoodportion 10 is formed integral with the back edge of the neck opening 29and is adapted to cover ones head with the exception of the face. Thishood 10 is also formed of terry cloth or any other suitable towelingmaterial, and is capable of being removed from the head when so desired.To do this it is merely necessary to remove the hood portion 10 from thehead permitting it to fall back, and lay adjacent the back portion ofthe body portion 10.

Suitable pockets 30 and 31 are provided at the front of the garment. Therear of the suit 10 is preferably formed with a drop seat 32 which maybe held in position by snap fasteners 33. In place of the snapfasteners, buttons, tie strings or any other means may be used forkeeping the seat portion closed.

It is to be understood that the towel suit may be of any suitable sizefor adults and children and may also be ornamented with suitabletrimmings. This suit can be readily donned and used as a bathrobe or itmay be used as a protective sleeping robe, hospital garment or as anexamination garment in a doctors oflice. The suit may be used with thehood at the beach to cover the bathing suit and to protect the body andhead from excessive sunburn, also to protect the wearer from catchingcold.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred.

3 embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do notlimit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the rightis reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope ofthe invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

1. In an article of the class described, a garment having a tubular bodymember closed at one end and having front, rear and side portions forcompletely enclosing a limb of a wearer, said tubular body having anelongated transverse opening in its front portion spaced slightly remotefrom one end thereof and extending from side portion to side portion,and a pair of spaced elastic straps disposed across said opening, saidstraps having one of their ends pivotally attached to the material ofthe tubular body along one edge of the transverse opening and havingtheir other ends attached to the material of said tubular body along theopposite edge of said transverse opening for resiliently urging theedges of said opening into contacting relation for holding said end in aclosed operative position, the edges of said opening being adapted toyield whereby the end of ones limb may be passed through said openingbetween the straps, said straps being adapted to extend in oppositedirections from the front portion to the rear portion of the tubularbody so as to draw the closed end of the tubular body into an openinoperative position.

2. In an article of the class described, a garment having a tubular bodymember closed at one end and having front, rear and side portions forcompletely enclosing a limb of a wearer, said tubular body havinganelongated transverse opening in its front portion spaced slightly remotefrom one end thereof and extending from side portion to side portion, apair of spaced elastic straps disposed across said opening, said strapshaving one of their ends pivotally attached to the material of thetubular body along one edge of the transverse opening and having theirother ends attached to the material of said tubular body along theopposite edge of said transverse opening for resiliently urging theedges of said opening into contacting relation for holding said end in aclosed operative position, the edges of said opening being adapted toyield whereby the end of ones limb may be passed through said openingbetween the straps, said straps being adapted to extend in oppositedirections from the front portion to the rear portion of the tubularbody so as to draw the closed end of the tubular body into an openinoperative position, and means on the rear portion of the tubular bodyassisting said elastic straps in retainingthe closed end of said tubularbody in its inoperative position.

3. In an article of the class described, a garment having a tubular bodymember closed at one end and having front, rear and side portions forcompletely enclosing a limb of a wearer, said tubular body having anelongated transverse opening in its front portion spaced slightly remotefrom one end thereof and extending from side portion to side portion, apair of spaced elastic straps disposed across said opening, said strapshaving one of their ends pivotally attached to the material of thetubular body along one edge of the transverse opening and having theirother ends attached to the material of said tubular body along theopposite edge of said transverse opening for resiliently urging theedges of said opening into contacting relation for holding said end in aclosed operative position, the edges of said opening being adapted toyield whereby the end of ones limb may be passed through said openingbetween the straps, said straps being adapted to extend in oppositedirections from the front portion to the rear portion of the tubularbody so as to draw the closed end of the tubular body into aninoperative position, and means on the rear portion assisting saidelastic straps in retaining the closed end of said tubular body in itsinoperative position including a pair of vertically spaced complementarysnap fastener elements on the rear portion of said tubular body adaptedto engage eachother when the closed end is moved to inoperativeposltlon.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein the connecting means for the endsof the straps on one side of the transverse opening are pivot pinssecured to the tubular body and the connecting means for the other endsof the straps are snap fasteners.

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